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mo·bi·lize  audio  (mb-lz) KEY 

VERB:
mo·bi·lized, mo·bi·liz·ing, mo·bi·liz·es
VERB:
tr.
  1. To make mobile or capable of movement.
    1. To assemble, prepare, or put into operation for or as if for war: mobilize troops; mobilize the snowplows.
    2. To assemble, marshal, or coordinate for a purpose: mobilized the country's economic resources.
VERB:
intr.
To become prepared for or as if for war.


OTHER FORMS:
mobi·li·zation  (-l-zshn) KEY (Noun)


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